topon. 'Middle-earth'. Poetic form ennorath. Q. Endor, Endóre. >> ennorath
Sindarin
ennor
place name. Middle-earth
Cognates
Derivations
- √ENED “centre, middle; three” ✧ VT41/16
Element in
- S. Ennorath “(All) the Middle-lands” ✧ Let/384; PE17/026; SA/dôr
Variations
- ennor ✧ VT41/16 (
ennor); VT41/16
ennor
'Middle-earth'
ennorath
noun. central lands, middle-earth
ennor
middle-earth
Ennor, also in coll. pl. ennorath = lands of Middle-earth (RGEO, Letters:384). Apparently less usual is the term Emerain.
ennor
middle-earth
also in coll. pl. ennorath = lands of Middle-earth (RGEO, Letters:384). Apparently less usual is the term Emerain.
ennor
place name. middle land
*Roots EN(ED) ("centre, middle") + NDOR ("land")
ennor
place name. central land, middle-earth
cae
noun. earth
This word is indeclinable, according to the Etymologies
ceven
noun. Earth
amar
earth
(archaic Ambar), pl. Emair
bâr
earth
(dwelling, house, home, family; land) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
cae
noun. earth
Derivations
- ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth”
cae
earth
(i gae, o chae). No distinct pl. form even if there is a pl., except with article (i chae). For ”earth” as a substance, see also
ceven
earth
1) ceven (i geven, o cheven), pl. cevin (i chevin) (VT48:23), 2) (world) Amar (archaic Ambar), pl. Emair; 3) bâr (dwelling, house, home, family; land) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). Also -bar, -mar at the end of compounds. 4) (maybe ”earth” as substance) cae (i gae, o chae). No distinct pl. form even if there is a pl., except with article (i chae). For ”earth” as a substance, see also SOIL.
ceven
earth
(i geven, o cheven), pl. cevin (i chevin) (VT48:23)
Sindarin equivalent of Endórë “Middle-earth”, derived from the same primitive form because in Sindarin [[s|[mb], [nd] became [mm], [nn]]] (LotR/1115).
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the form N. Emerin appeared with the same translation but a completely different derivation (Ety/MBAR). In later writings, Tolkien generally derived S. Ennor from the root √ENED “centre, middle” (Let/384, PE17/26). He considered several alternate derivations, from √ENET or √HEN(ET) (VT41/16), but these reflected his uncertainty of the proper form of the root √ENED, not of S. Ennor itself.